Show CLUB HEARS aw TALK ON thanksgiving in an address before the rotary club evening 8 J sweet ring price attorney declared that the opert of thanksgiving is not lot in being thankful for what has been given cs us free but in giving thanks for what we have been in a va I 1 u a ily able to accomplish through the r sustaining usta ining influence of our faith in self faith in fellow man faith in country and faith in god according to the we should prepare for greater happi ness so 0 o well have more to be thankful for in 1933 he stressed the fact that everyone ie is a seeker of contentment and vent went en on to say that happiness could not be secured through cepi the bey key to greater happiness Is found in the rotary clubs not mot to of service lf mr de dared community spirit generates happiness found in service it the speaker brought out the fact that the germ of thanksgiving dates back to biblical times the first thanksgiving in this thi country was celebrated in 1621 after the first harvest ha had I 1 been completed by the new england colonists the occasion was observed during the next bears cars in some parts of the country and in 1864 a day of thanksgiving was set act aside by presidential proe mation it hoo h been observed annually since that time in all parts of the united states |